Need for Government
What rules are called in a community.
Laws
What is best for everybody.
Common Good
To choose government leaders by voting.
Election
Things people are supposed to do.
Responsibilities
of a a personal responsibility.
Brushing teeth, feeding pets, doing dishes, helping clean at home...
A group of people chosen to make laws and choices for a community.
Government
Things a person is allowed to have or to do.
Individual Rights
A place where leaders interpret laws and decide the punishment for breaking laws.
Court
Things individual people are supposed to do are called ______ responsibilities.
personal
of a reason we vote for a person in an election.
They are a: nice person, helpful, a team player...
Things that a community government does for people living in a community.
Community Services
Rules at school are best for everybody. This means they are for the ________ _______.
common good
To make sure people follow laws means to ______ them.
enforce
Things citizens are supposed to do are ______ responsibilities.
civic
of a community service.
Fire fighters, police officers, ambulance drivers
Name a Community Service.
Firemen or Police Officers
I am allowed to have pizza for dinner. This is my ________ right.
individual
A group of people who make the laws in a community is called a _______.
council
A member of a community, state or country is called a ________.
citizen
of a law in your community.
Speed limit, no stealing
The speed limit is a _____.
law
I can drive a car because I have a drivers license. This is my individual _____.
right
A _______ is the leader in a community who enforces the laws.
mayor
Following laws is one of my ______ responsibilities.
civic
of a rule that we have at school.
Walk in the hallways, voice levels, push my chair in, put my backpack and coat in my locker, throw my trash in a garbage can...